ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
MINOR PROGRAM PROPOSAL FORM
GOLISANO COLLEGE OF COMPUTING
AND INFORMATION SCIENCES
Information Sciences and Technologies
Name of Minor: Mobile Design and Development for Non-Computing Majors
Brief description of the minor to be used in university publications
The minor in mobile design and development will provide non-computing students with a firm
foundation in designing applications for mobile devices. There is an explosion in the types and
amount of mobile devices. This program is designed to provide the students with the ability to
design and implement cross-platform applications. This minor is closed to students in any GCCIS
Degree Program.
1.0 Minor Program Approvals
Approval request date:
Academic Unit Curriculum Committee
College Curriculum Committee
Inter-College Curriculum Committee
March 10, 2015
April 3, 2015
April 8, 2015
Approval granted
date:
Brian Tomaszewski
Michael Yacci
4/8/2015
2.0 Rationale:
A minor at RIT is a related set of academic courses consisting of no fewer than 15
semester credit hours leading to a formal designation on a student's baccalaureate
transcript
How is this set of academic courses related?
These courses bring together the core principles of designing and creating cross-platform
applications for mobile devices of varying types and operating systems. They take into
account principles dealing with the user experience as well as the context in which the
devices are being used.
Since this collection of courses is directed at non-computing majors, students taking
courses in programming, web & mobile courses would add to the breadth and depth of
their educational experience.
3.0 Multidisciplinary involvement:
If this is a multidisciplinary minor spanning two or more academic units, list the units and
their role in offering and managing this minor.
N/A
4.0 Students ineligible to pursue this minor:
The purpose of the minor is both to broaden a student's college education and
deepen it in an area outside the student’s major program. A minor may be related
to and complement a student’s major, or it may be in a completely different
academic/professional area. It is the responsibility of the academic unit
proposing a minor and the unit’s curriculum committee to indicate any home
programs for which the minor is not a broadening experience.
Please list below any home programs whose students will not be allowed to pursue this
minor, provide the reasoning, and indicate if this exclusion has been discussed with the
affected programs:
This minor is not available to students whose home programs are in GCCIS. There is
another mobile development minor available for GCCIS students which is tailored to
their needs and background. This minor and the courses and their sequencing are
designed to teach its students the programming and other computing skills needed since
they will not be learning such skills as part of their major.
5.0 Minor Program Structure, Sequence and Course Offering Schedule:
Describe the structure of the proposed minor and list all courses, their anticipated offering
schedule, and any prerequisites.
 All minors must contain at least fifteen semester credit hours;
 Minors may be discipline-based or interdisciplinary;
 In most cases, minors shall consist of a minimum of two upper division courses
(300 or above) to provide reasonable breadth and depth within the minor;
 As per New York State requirements, courses within the minor must be offered
with sufficient frequency to allow students to complete the minor within the same
time frame allowed for the completion of the baccalaureate degree;
 Provide a program mask showing how students will complete the minor.
Narrative of Minor Program Structure:
A student in the proposed minor will need to complete the following 5 courses. Of the 5
courses, the first 2 can be taken in any order or concurrently (ISTE-120 & ISTE-140), the
third & fourth courses (ISTE-240 & ISTE-260) should be taken after the first two are
completed, and the final course (ISTE-252) should be taken after the first four are
completed.
Course 1&2:
Course 3&4:
Courses 5:
ISTE-120
ISTE-140
Computational Problem Solving in
Web & Mobile I
the Information Domain I
ISTE-260
ISTE-240
Designing the User Experience
Web & Mobile II
ISTE-252
Foundations of Mobile Design
The minor can be completed in 3 terms.
2
Course Number
& Title
ISTE-120
Computational
Problem Solving
in the
Information
Domain I
ISTE-140 Web
& Mobile I
ISTE-240 Web
& Mobile II
ISTE-260
Designing the
User Experience
ISTE-252
Foundations of
Mobile Design
Total credit hours:
SCH Required Optional Fall
3
X
X
Spring Annual/
Biennial
X
A
Prerequisites
3
X
X
X
A
None
3
X
X
X
A
3
X
X
X
A
ISTE-120;
ISTE-140
ISTE-140
3
X
X
X
A
ISTE-240
None
15
3